Preparation for my show (Draw the Line), with work from the past 2 years, surprised me. It wasn’t a conscious choice, but the titles of many of the pieces revealed to me a need to counter the depressing conditions under the Covid pandemic. Names like “exuberance”, “small happiness”, “whimsey” and “ebullient”, attached to pieces months apart in the making, were clear antidotes to my worries of how the pandemic was unfolding. No matter that I concentrate on the material process in the studio; the titles say it all!
-Marilu Swett